Still enough hope, change to support Obama

Published: Friday, September 28, 2012 at 08:00 AM.

In response to Mr. Joe Riley’s letter on Sept. 22 (“We gave hope and change a chance, and it has failed”): Being a proud African-American and a strong supporter of President Obama, thank you for letting me know about the website www.barackobama.com/african-american. However, I did not need this Internet site to approve, support or vote in the upcoming election for President Barack Obama. I have been a supporter of Mr. Obama since he won the Democratic nomination in 2008.

Riley spoke about Mr. Obama’s hope and change. I believe there would have been more of his policies put into place had it not been for the Republicans who vowed he would be a one-term president and who have voted down everything he has brought to the House and Senate floor. The GOP is working for the tea party and not the entire country.

The Democrats had the Senate and House the first two years and Mr. Obama could not get everything put in place from the eight years of drama during the Bush administration. At this year’s Democratic National Convention, former President Clinton said neither he nor or his predecessors could have repaired the damage Mr. Obama walked into in four years. What Mr. Obama did accomplish in the first two years gave me all the hope and change I needed to support him then and now.

I especially applaud him on the health care reform act. This allowed my family to retain our daughter with valuable insurance coverage needed after graduating from college. A lot of Romney supporters are taking advantage of this benefit, yet they want to repeal Obamacare. I would welcome more taxes if it allowed every American health care, especially for pre-existing illnesses and be assured coverage would not be dropped.

Riley’s last sentence mentioned voting for Romney/Ryan. I would have to be out of my mind. Mr. Romney is a flip-flopper and I would bet does not even know the price of a gallon of milk. He also mentioned Romney having a “backbone.” Yeah, right! Yet he wants to stand proudly with a backbone and take credit for Obamacare. Mr. Obama’s health reform was mimicked from Romneycare. One of Romney’s best achievements as Governor of Massachusetts was his health care reform. In Massachusetts, 98.1 percent of the state has insurance thanks to Mr. Romney.

Now to Ryan. That’s an easy one for me. I’m sorry, but no 42-year-old Republican politician is going to tell me about my Medicare or Social Security. I don’t need a voucher of any kind. I’m already afraid my Social Security will not be there when I reach my retirement age, but I sure as heck don’t need the Romney/Ryan team playing with it as well. Ryan needs to go back to Washington and come out of the gate fighting in 2016 against Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, Texas (our next president after Obama).

See you at the polls. I am forever a supporter of the Obama/Biden team.

In response to Mr. Joe Riley’s letter on Sept. 22 (“We gave hope and change a chance, and it has failed”): Being a proud African-American and a strong supporter of President Obama, thank you for letting me know about the website www.barackobama.com/african-american. However, I did not need this Internet site to approve, support or vote in the upcoming election for President Barack Obama. I have been a supporter of Mr. Obama since he won the Democratic nomination in 2008.

Riley spoke about Mr. Obama’s hope and change. I believe there would have been more of his policies put into place had it not been for the Republicans who vowed he would be a one-term president and who have voted down everything he has brought to the House and Senate floor. The GOP is working for the tea party and not the entire country.

The Democrats had the Senate and House the first two years and Mr. Obama could not get everything put in place from the eight years of drama during the Bush administration. At this year’s Democratic National Convention, former President Clinton said neither he nor or his predecessors could have repaired the damage Mr. Obama walked into in four years. What Mr. Obama did accomplish in the first two years gave me all the hope and change I needed to support him then and now.

I especially applaud him on the health care reform act. This allowed my family to retain our daughter with valuable insurance coverage needed after graduating from college. A lot of Romney supporters are taking advantage of this benefit, yet they want to repeal Obamacare. I would welcome more taxes if it allowed every American health care, especially for pre-existing illnesses and be assured coverage would not be dropped.

Riley’s last sentence mentioned voting for Romney/Ryan. I would have to be out of my mind. Mr. Romney is a flip-flopper and I would bet does not even know the price of a gallon of milk. He also mentioned Romney having a “backbone.” Yeah, right! Yet he wants to stand proudly with a backbone and take credit for Obamacare. Mr. Obama’s health reform was mimicked from Romneycare. One of Romney’s best achievements as Governor of Massachusetts was his health care reform. In Massachusetts, 98.1 percent of the state has insurance thanks to Mr. Romney.

Now to Ryan. That’s an easy one for me. I’m sorry, but no 42-year-old Republican politician is going to tell me about my Medicare or Social Security. I don’t need a voucher of any kind. I’m already afraid my Social Security will not be there when I reach my retirement age, but I sure as heck don’t need the Romney/Ryan team playing with it as well. Ryan needs to go back to Washington and come out of the gate fighting in 2016 against Mayor Julian Castro of San Antonio, Texas (our next president after Obama).

See you at the polls. I am forever a supporter of the Obama/Biden team.